[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8398-8399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3136]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities Under Emergency Review 
by the Office of Management and Budget

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) has submitted the following request (see below) for emergency 
OMB review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 
OMB

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approval has been requested by February 28, 2005. A copy of the 
information collection plans may be obtained by calling the SAMHSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Title: Core Measures for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
    OMB Number: 0930-0230.
    Frequency: Semi-annually.
    Affected public: Non-Profit Institutions.

Proposed Project: Core Measures for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention--Reinstatement Without Change

    The mission of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 
(CSAP) is to decrease substance use and abuse and related problems 
among the American public by bridging the gap between research and 
practice. CSAP accomplishes this through field-testing scientifically 
defensible programs; disseminating comprehensive, culturally 
appropriate prevention strategies, policies, and systems; and capacity 
building for states and community-based providers. Data are collected 
from CSAP grants and contracts where participant outcomes are assessed 
pre- and post-intervention. The analysis of these data help determine 
whether progress is being made in achieving CSAP's mission. The primary 
purpose of the proposed data activity is to promote the use among CSAP 
grantees and contractors of measures recommended by CSAP as a result of 
extensive examination and recommendations, using consistent criteria, 
by panels of experts. The use of consistent measurement for specified 
constructs across CSAP funded projects will improve CSAP's Performance 
and Results Act (GPRA) and address goals and objectives outlined in the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy's Performance Measures of 
Effectiveness. It is important to emphasize that CSAP is not requiring 
the use of these measures if (1) The program does not already plan to 
target change in the specified construct(s) and/or (2) the measure is 
not valid for the program's targeted population. The Core Measures are 
only to be used if appropriate to the program's target population and 
consistent with the outcome(s) selected by the program. Consequently, 
no additional burden on the target population is estimated because the 
program is not being asked to collect data above and beyond what would 
already have been planned.
    The annual burden estimated is that for the grantees to extract the 
necessary data from their files and provide it to CSAP's data 
coordinating center. The table below summarizes the maximum estimated 
time, i.e., if all programs used all of the Core Measures--which is 
unlikely.
    The following table is the estimated hour burden:

                                       Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
                                                     [FY05]
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                                                     Number of      Responses/        Hours/
                  CSAP program                       grantees         grantee        response       Total hours
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Knowledge Development:
    Club drugs methamphetamine..................              22               2               3             132
    Fetal alcohol...............................               6               2               3              36
    Workplace...................................              13               2               3              78
Targeted Capacity Enhancement:
    HIV/Targeted Capacity.......................              45               2               3             270
    SPF Sig.....................................              21               2               3             126
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        FY 05 Total.............................             106  ..............  ..............             642
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    An emergency 6 month approval is being requested because SAMHSA 
needs this data collection to continue. There are no substantive 
changes. The agency will seek a regular clearance within six months.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 5 days of this notice to: 
John Kraemer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: February 14, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-3136 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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